The US Joint Office of Energy and Transportation’s Q4 2024 update reports an increase of around 12,000 EV charging ports in the last three months – here’s the lowdown.
That means the US now has a total of nearly 204,000 Level 2 and DC fast charging ports in its national network since the Q3 update – double the number of public chargers since the end of 2020, just before the Biden administration, which launched the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, took over the White House.
Four years ago, 38% of the most heavily trafficked corridors had DC fast chargers at least every 50 miles. Now, 59.1% of the most heavily trafficked corridors have DC fast chargers at least every 50 miles. By the end of 2025, the percentage is expected to rise to around 70%.
As for the Q4 2024 NEVI Formula Program update, there are 126 public EV charging ports in operation across 31 NEVI stations in nine states, resulting in an 83% increase in open NEVI ports since last quarter. (In Q3, there were 69 public charging ports in operation across 17 NEVI stations in eight states.)
In the last three months, Illinois, North Carolina, Iowa, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Oregon, and Delaware announced their first round of awards at various stages. Kansas and Virginia announced their second round of awards at various stages.
A total of 41 states have now released at least their first round of solicitations. Of these states, 35 have issued conditional awards or put agreements in place for over 3,560 fast charging ports across more than 890 charging station locations.
Kentucky has opened its first NEVI Formula Program-funded station (pictured), and Hawaii and Maine opened their second stations. Rhode Island, the first state to be fully built out under the NEVI program, has opened its funding round for public EV charging stations that can be located off Alternative Fuel Corridors.
All 50 states, plus Puerto Rico and DC, have access to two rounds of NEVI funding, adding up to nearly $2.4 billion, according to the Federal Highway Administration. As of Friday, 37 states are eligible for a third round of funding, totaling an extra $586 million for the fiscal 2025 year, with the other 13 states, DC and Puerto Rico expected to be approved by the end of 2024.
If those funds are released to the states before Donald Trump takes office on January 20, then it’s extremely unlikely that the money could be revoked.
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